The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-25

completed. These designs were or-n " the
great direction that the statue was too sliif,
and that the seeing Of Lafayette standing in
such position throughout generations would
be decidedly painful.
The design selected is the one which stands
next 10 this upon the table IL IL the COM
bined work OF two French sculptors, and 1t Is
a remarkable work Of art. The designers
ore I'm Mercie and Folguiere, who were IN
vited by our minister ut Paris, Nr. McLane,
70 submit designs for the statue falghere
sent In two designs which We're rejected, one,
being an equestrian statue. was ruled OUT
on the ground that the act Of congress called
for something different, and his other design
was merely an adaptation OF bis equestrian
statue 20 a standing figure.
The work. however. which he got up IN
connection with VI Mercie, is very beautiful,
and it will rank high among the art works oil
this country Lafayette stands ON a lFdestai
with one hand upon his sword ANA al the
base of the pedestal scmi-uude female hs-
ure, representing America, ho.is mp haNe'i
sword towards Lafayette. lie LOOKS al
her with his noble resolution expressed
in his features, and the figure oi the
woman is the personiicaton OF grace
and beauty On the back OF the PEDESTAL TWO
cherubs are represented holding up shield,
on which are 10 be Inscribed the names OF the
compatrio;s of Lafayette not otherwise com
nernorated on this monument, and on the
two other sides are the four distinguished
compatriots which it is provided shall be
part Of the statue The figures upon the
PEDESTAL will be- OF bronze and the pedestal
will be Of marble The statue itself wih De
ten feet and one-half high. 1t wall be Oh
bronze, ard the work upon IT IS, under
stand rapidly advancing.
The terms upon which the statue IS made
are that the sum Of $4,000 is 70 be given 70
the artists in three payments. They get the
first as soon as the model is completed Inc
second il given them when the monument rs
finished aud is shipped 10 Washington ana
the third is upon the erection Of the siaiue'
The act OF congress, | think, provides lof
four Frenchmen who were noted during the
revolution for assisting the United States, and
though tits not fully settled two French naval
officers and two French army officers VIII
probably be chosen. IL is Thought that Vice
Admiral and Lieut. Cen Count GEstaing,
who commanded The cooperating ffeh'h
army and navy in Rhode Island in lbs and
at Savannah, where he was wounded in l1H'
will be one and another Will Doe Lieut.. Gen.
Count dBochamheau, who commanded the
French auxiliary army in the United States
and mt Yorktown in 11S0s2. \ third viii
probably be- Lieut. Gen. Count de erase,
who commanded the French feet at York
town i'm 1881. and the fourth is still unde-
cidod. II may possibly bo Lieut. Gen. Baron
de ViomenH who was next in command
under Rochambeau. and commanded the
French assauliug column at YORKTOWN, or IL
may be Col Charles Lometh. afterwards
lieutenant general who was wounded MT
yorktown, on Lafayette brothcr-in-aw, the
gallant Vicomte de Nomllos. colonel, and
later Marechal de Camp, who served both az
Savannah in l770 and at Yorktown in 1871.